Quick sniping tips... (Destiny)

by MacAddictXIV , Seattle WA, Tuesday, January 12, 2016, 19:01 (3477 days ago) @ slycrel

...though I'm not the best sniper around by a longshot, here is my experience.

Much of sniping is map knowledge, directly tied with your experience on the map, and the game type. If you know where the other team is likely to come at you, you can prepare and snipe in anticipation. Even when sniping you want to be the aggressor. You're hunting them in a passive way, not sitting there waiting on reacting to what they are doing. Patience can be key, but don't be too reactive. All the good players are moving more or less constantly, with brief pauses to asses, make a new plan, then act. A good team plan/cohesion is almost always better than any one person's skill too.

For example, If you whip out your sniper and try to snipe another sniper across the map, you're already at a disadvantage. If you have greater skill then you may beat them. If they are prepared you will be hard-pressed to beat them at the game they have already started.

Aim matters, though not as much as you think. Aim assist, stability, and range, probably in that order is what you want. Actual aiming is probably only 25% of the hard part, especially if you're not going for a headshot. Good aim assist on a good sniper can go a long ways. Also note that hot swap with the defiance of yasmin is amazing for sniping on the go because of the aim assist boost. (See Korny or Cruel's ToO videos for how to go about this)

So tl;dr is, aim is 25%, the right gun is 25%, map knowledge + gametype experience is 50%

I have both Yasmin and 1000 yard and I have been told both are good guns. But I can never twitch head shot fast enough before someone runs for cover. I can be sitting waiting, and I normally just get a body shot off before they hit cover again. Now I could re-adjust my aim for when they come around the corner again or I can move. In most cases neither work :-)

But when I stay I usually get out sniped because they know where I am and they CAN get the head shot.